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<p class="cnnEditorialNote"><em>Are you in the grips of the wintry storm sweeping across the country? Please share <a href='http://ireport.cnn.com/topics/1060026'>your videos, pictures and stories at iReport</a>.</em></p>
<p><strong>(CNN)</strong> -- The Pennsylvania official was just talking about one area, but he summed up a winter storm that struck much of the eastern United States on Wednesday.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2">"We dodged a bullet," said Steve Cowan, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3">As night fell, travelers and transportation authorities breathed a collective sigh of relief as the worst of holiday travel fears failed to materialize. The storm caused some complications and inconveniences, but no major delays or breakdowns.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4">Forecasters see mostly smooth sailing into Thanksgiving.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5">CNN meteorologist Todd Borek predicted some lake-effect snowfall over the Great Lakes and fresh snow from a weak disturbance for the Upper Midwest.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6">But, he added: "The worst in terms of widespread snow and rain is over. Tomorrow will be a quieter day, although wind gusts will continue to be a problem overnight and Thursday for the Northeast."</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7">That's good news for people like Latasha Abney, who joined the more than 43 million Americans expected by AAA to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8">Abney said Wednesday that she arrived more than two hours early at Washington's Reagan National Airport to catch a flight to New York's JFK.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9">"I thought the lines were going to be ridiculous," she said in an e-mail. "I was second in line checking my bag with Delta (checked into my flight last night) and security was a breeze. I walked right up, the TSA agent checked my info and I immediately started the security process. And now the wait begins. It's pretty quiet by the gates. Not too many people roaming around. So far, so good! Happy Thanksgiving!!!!"</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10">Brian M. Good said he, too, was expecting a horrible trip when he departed New York for Newark to get a flight to San Diego.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11">"Instead the roads were dead," he said in an e-mail. "It's warm outside and it stopped raining. No lines at the airport and flight is on time. Wish the forecasters were wrong all the time :)"</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13"><strong>Will winds whip parade balloons?</strong></p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14">Though the worst of the storm has passed, winds could still pose a problem.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph15"><a href='http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/27/travel/thanksgiving-parade-balloons/index.html'>The forecast has left up in the air the fate of the balloons in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade</a>. They are to be grounded if sustained winds reach 23 mph or gusts exceed 34 mph -- both slightly above predicted strength.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph16">A decision will be made Thursday morning before the parade's 9 a.m. ET scheduled start.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph17">"Tomorrow before the event, we'll make a determination -- the police department, the incident commander -- whether the balloons will fly or not," Patrol Chief James Hall with the New York Police Department said Wednesday.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18">"It looks good. It looks very good," he said about the possibility of balloons in the air.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph19">But there is ample reason to support the caution.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph20">In 1997, a woman spent more than three weeks in a coma after the Cat in the Hat balloon -- tossed by heavy winds -- struck a pole that hit her. In 2005, two other people were hurt in a similar incident involving the M&amp;Ms balloon.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph21">Officials say that improved weather monitoring devices en route and a police sergeant assigned to each balloon will minimize any danger.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph22">"We came all the way from Puerto Rico to see the parade, so it will be a disappointment if we don't see the balloons," said Jose Ramirez, who was in New York with his family.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph23">Either way, the parade -- with or without the balloons -- will go on, organizers say.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph25"><strong>Planes, trains ...</strong></p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph26">Delays were reported at several airports in the Northeast on Wednesday.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph27"><a href='http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/26/travel/thanksgiving-travel-weather/index.html' target='_blank'>Don't get trapped by bad Thanksgiving weather: Top tips</a></p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph28">Heavy winds at all three New York-area airports -- LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark-Liberty -- resulted in delays of 30 minutes to an hour, according to the <a href='http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp' target='_blank'>Federal Aviation Administration</a>. Departure delays from Philadelphia International Airport averaged nearly two hours.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph29">American Airlines' Kent Powell reported three cancellations, none of them related to the weather.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph30">At US Airways, Todd Lehmacher called the impact of the weather "pretty minimal, at this point," with six weather-related cancellations and an on-time performance of about 67%. The impact was more pronounced at US Airways Express, which tallied 56 cancellations because of the weather, he said.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph31">"The real story is people are getting to their destinations, albeit a little delayed in some but not all cases," he said.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph32"><a href='http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/11/travel/atl24/' target='_blank'>#ATL24: A day in the life of the world's busiest airport</a></p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph33">Amtrak reported no major delays systemwide. Using the <a href='http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/199/45/Some%20Amtrak%20Seats%20Still%20Available%20for%20Thanksgiving%20Travel%20in%20Northeast%20ATK-13-148.pdf ' target='_blank'>weather as a marketing tool</a>, the nation's rail system was adding seats on some routes.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph34">"Rail travel remains one of the most reliable and comfortable transportation options, especially in weather conditions that negatively impact other modes," Amtrak said.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph35">There may be something to that.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph36">"QUIET CAR. Window seat. Polite seatmate. I have hit the Amtrak travel trifecta. #blessed,"<a href='https://twitter.com/ellievhall/status/405605508989861888' target='_blank'> Ellie Hall tweeted </a>early Wednesday.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph37"><a href='http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/26/health/healthy-eating-traveling-holidays/index.html' target='_blank'>5 healthy eating tips for holiday travelers</a></p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph39"><strong>... </strong><strong>a</strong><strong>nd automobiles</strong></p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph40">Snow blanketed parts of the Midwest, where crews scrambled to clear roads. The storm was blamed for scores of accidents.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph41">Up to a foot of snow fell in parts of Pennsylvania, and it was falling from upstate New York into Canada, where more than a foot was possible. Snow also continued to fly in the central Appalachians and around the Great Lakes as cold air moved in and produced lake-effect snows.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph42">Road conditions were not great in much of the Northeast.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph43">"It's sleet; it's rain; it's 31 degrees. It's ugly out there," CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph44">Still, a call for anecdotes elicited a number of comments, but no horror stories.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph45">"Well, since the forecast said we would be hitting an ice storm on our way, we ended up leaving the night before we had planned and took an alternate route," Sarah Martini said in an e-mail. "This morning we took smaller roads to avoid DC traffic and have made great progress! We managed to avoid bad weather and traffic and are getting close to getting to Pittsburgh from NC!"</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph46">The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that 416 motorists died during Thanksgiving weekend last year, that 60% of the dead had not been wearing seat belts and that 42% of the accidents involved a drunken driver.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph47">Last week, 12 people died, most of them in car crashes, when one of the fronts making up the current storm iced roads from the Rockies to Texas and Oklahoma. More than 100 vehicles ended up in wrecks.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph48">"I get on the highway, and the next thing I know I'm spinning," said Seqret Watson, among the dozens of drivers in Northwest Arkansas sent sliding when their cars hit icy bridges and roads.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph49">"I try to grab my wheel and then I just hit the wall. Just jumped out to make sure my kids were OK," Watson told affiliate KFSM.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph50">The Peterson family had initially planned to drive from Northern Virginia to Massachusetts. But after seeing the forecast, they booked seats on a flight at the last minute.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph51">"It was a small fortune," Jennifer Peterson told CNN affiliate WUSA. "We could've gone to the Bahamas for what we paid!"</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph52"><a href='http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/26/pf/thanksgiving-airline-travel/index.html'>Storm prompts airlines to relax travel policies</a></p>
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